The Knight's Mysterious Maid
Chapter 180: If I wanted you (2)

Chapter 180: If I wanted you (2)

"I have my ways that I would like to keep a secret. I am sure you have tricks for seducing women that you would like to keep to yourself. It hardly matters what I would have done if I wanted to court you. Please do not think I have feelings for you and it has been my motive to ease my way into your bed," Annalise said.

She did not want to be misjudged because of what she said a moment ago.

"That is far from what I am thinking right now. Forget that I am your employer for a moment, I would like to know what you would have done to court me. I won’t share your secrets. I fail to see how they would have worked anyway," said Rafael.

Annalise took great offense to his words. Did he think only he could walk around and have everyone falling for him? "You must be reminded of the fact that I have Logan following me around like a lost puppy in need of attention," she said.

Logan was annoying, but he was proof of her doing nothing and getting men to be interested in her. That was a skill she would gladly hold though it ended with her being pestered by Logan.

"You do not know Logan as well as I do. Whenever we return, he always finds a young woman he thinks he has fallen in love with. He moves on to the next when he has gained the young woman’s love. He is stuck on you because you are not falling for his charm. That is all," Rafael said, happy to pop her confidence.

Annalise frowned, not liking how he dismissed her talent. "If I really wanted to court you, I would do better than all the women around you. Look at the two of us alone. If getting in your bed was my goal, I would be quite close to that goal. Your bed is right there," Annalise said, pointing at his bed. "I think you are just upset with the fact I would never court any of your knights. That your charms do not work on me."

"Everyone falls for Rafael Callahan and his knights so why isn’t this one maid doing it? You make yourself feel better by thinking I must not have good taste in men. You are all good to look at but that is it-Oh!" Annalise exclaimed, gripping the sides of her chair Rafael suddenly pulled toward him. "What are you doing?"

"Stopping you from speaking on what you don’t know of. It is my turn to say that if I wanted you, Annalise Woods, I think I might be able to have you. I see your gaze when I am training and isn’t your attraction to me why you avert your eyes when you stumble across me dressing-"

"I am trying not to be rude when I do that," Annalise softly spoke. She leaned back as far as she could because of the chair arm.

"How is seeing me shirtless in my bedroom any different from seeing me shirtless in the yard? I know that you watch me and you are attracted to me. Yes, that doesn’t mean you would court me since you would not want to be my maid, but there is an obvious attraction you have for me. You might fall out of your seat if you back away any further," Rafael teased.

Rafael could not hold himself back from laughing at her state. "Relax, Annalise. I was only messing with you. You are like a mouse backed into a corner by a cat. It seems the one maid is not excluded from my charms like everyone else. A few words have you moving away," he chuckled.

Annalise glared at Rafael as she made herself comfortable in her seat again. It most definitely wasn’t due to his charm that she backed away from him. It was because she kept seeing him as her employer.

"You said earlier that I can forget you are my employer for a moment. Will whatever I do be forgotten in the morning and never spoken of again?" Annalise asked. She had to wipe the smile off of his face. Losing to Rafael Callahan was not an option for her.

He was enjoying this too much and she could not let that happen.

"It will be forgotten the moment you walk out the door," Rafael promised.

Annalise took a deep breath. She hoped that whatever special ability her grandmother had to see everything would not work right now.

Annalise pushed her chair closer to Rafael to close the small gap between them. After this, he should never underestimate her again. She leaned over to his chair, propping herself up on the arm of the chair.

Annalise touched his muscular arm that she only had the pleasure of seeing when he trained in the yard. She could not resist the urge to give it a squeeze to get a better feel of how muscular it was. It was better than she thought it would feel.

According to the maids, instead of using smooth rocks down by the river to sometimes rub against sheets they had to wash, they would like to use Rafael’s body.

Annalise kept her gaze on Rafael’s face as her hand left his arm and slowly trailed down his torso. She kept her hand on top of the material of the grey shirt he wore. Not yet certain if she would put her hand under it. She was to forget this was her employer but she could not.

Remembering how much he enjoyed teasing her not long ago, Annalise took the risk and lifted his shirt to feel what was under it. She shuddered the moment her hand touched his skin and she felt him tense up. Their eyes never looked away from each other.

Annalise carefully moved her fingers over his skin like a spider crawling across him. "You have taken good care of your body, young master," she whispered the title he hated. She watched his jaw lock up like he was holding himself back.

Annalise removed her hand from under his shirt and went straight to palming his left cheek. She positioned her face dangerously close to his face and eyed his lips. If anyone were to see them now, she might have to leave down to get away from the jealous women.

Annalise tilted her head and neared his lips as if she were going to kiss him. The sides of her lips curled when she felt him drawing near to her for a kiss. She avoided their lips meeting by moving out of the way and whispering in his ear, "If I wanted you, I could have you."

"I am not like the other women you have encountered. This was me going easy on you and you are so tense," she chuckled as she sat back down in her seat.

She hoped that by the time morning came they both acted like nothing happened.

"Ha," Rafael responded, coming down off the high of the sensation from her touch. He was on the verge of tossing everything he said about not pushing it too far out the window and pulling her back over to his side to kiss her.

She came here in hopes of helping him sleep, but she had unknowingly disturbed his night. He would not be getting a wink of sleep now that countless thoughts were running wild in his head.

"It is time that you head to your room Annalise," Rafael said with great remorse. He wanted to ask if she would allow him to court her, but he couldn’t bring himself to.

He had to wake himself up from this wonderful feeling he was experiencing now. He needed to fill his tub with cold water and sit in it to solve his current problem.

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